Bill Mackay And Ryley Walker Push Back Against Winter S Bleakness With Their Second Annual Holiday Party

The state of the world is bleak, that’s for sure—not just politically but also economically and environmentally. I know it, you know it, and Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker know it. That’s why the Chicago guitarists decided to host a holiday party at the Hideout last year. “We just thought we all could use a lift,” MacKay says. “So why not have a concert and emphasize the already joyous theme the holidays are supposed to embody?”

Throughout the night, visual artist Kim Alpert will drench the performers in psychedelic projections; Doug McCombs of Tortoise and Brokeback will spin records before, between, and after the live sets.